Alan_Greenspan

Alan Greenspan Research Assignment ALAN GREENSPAN My choice for a paper was to write about ALAN GREENSPAN. Alan Greenspan is very intriguing and interesting because of his long history of achievements and staying power in the Federal Government system as the Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. (Board of Governors) Alan Greenspan served under the administration of several Presidents and is currently holding his office until the year 2004. Alan Greenspan was born March 6th 1926, in New York, the son of a Stockbroker and retail worker. Mr. Greenspan, at an early age and at that time called Alan by his parents, would dazzle them by solving mathematical puzzles in his head . Alan Greenspan, at age 19 enrolled as an Economics student at New York University. He has a B.S. in economics (summa cum laude) in 1948, M.A. in economics in 1950, Ph. D. in economics in 1977, all from New York University. Dr. Greenspan has received honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, Leuven (Belgium), Notre Dame, Wake Forest, and Colgate universities. His other awards include the Thomas Jefferson Award for the Greatest Public Service Performed by an elected or appointed official, presented by the American Institute for Public Service, 1976 greenspan, alan, economic, said, federal, new, economy, chairman, jet, board, reserve, rates, magazine, lending, inc, concerned, about, york, public, prices, president, out, march, interest, economics, dr, american, after, years, year, unknown, university, term, small, served, research